​​​​​​​​​​​​​TEXAS – Continued advancements in technology and funding are steadily making the airport experience much more efficient and pleasurable.

Before technology can occur, funding must be available, and the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has been busy this year approving g​rants through their Airport Improvement Program (AIP) for transportation facilities ready to take on big and small projects.

Air​ports are entitled to a certain amount of AIP funding each year, based on passenger volume.

Here are a few of the grant disbursements from Texas alphabetized by city: (This story was published before Hurricane Harvey.)

Austin: Austin-Bergstrom International Airport—$10.8 million to provide additional space for aircraft parking;